Bait casting reel



Mamh 21, 1950 J. FRISK BAIT CASTING REEL 2 Sheets-Shet 1 Filed May 25, 1947 I N VEN TJOR. e/v F/AY/l March 21, 1950 J. FRISK BAIT CASTING REEL 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 23, 1947 INVENTOR.

ATTOR/VEVJ' Patented Mar. 21, 1950 BAIT CASTING REEL Joseph Frisk, Leadington, Mo., assignor of onethird to Harry H. Peterson and one-third to Orbria L. Hise, both of Flat River, Mo.

Application May 23, 1947, Serial No. 749,909

2 Claims.

This invention relates to bait casting reels and has for its object to provide a brake for controllin the operation of the reel, which brake is of simple construction, readily adjustable to control the tension upon the line, and may be locked in any desired adjusted position.

The foregoing and other objects and features of the invention will be made fully apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in conjunction With the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation showing one side of a reel constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation showing a portion of the opposite side of the reel from that of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail showing in side elevation, the spindle and mounting block for the reel.

Figure 5 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a brake disc.

Figure 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a perspective view of a dust cover for the brake mechanism.

Figure 8 is a plan View of the brake adjusting screw.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the adjusting screw.

Figure 10 shows, in side elevation, a modified form of spindle and mounting block in which the spindle is pivoted for angular adjustment.

Figure 11 shows a face view of the mounting block of Figure 10.

Figure 12 is a top plan view of the portion of the spindle shown in Figure 10.

Referring to the drawings, the reel proper comprises a wheel having a hub [5, with arms 16 integral therewith and extending radially therefrom, and a rim ll providing an annular trough. Handles E8 on two of the arms it are provided to permit the winding of the line on the annular trough I! in the usual manner. The reel is adapted to be mounted upon a rod by means of a mounting block l9 adapted to fit into a recess in the rod and be secured therein in a known man ner. The block l9 provides a bracket support for a spindle 2B. The spindle 28 is of substantially less diameter than the internal diameter of the hub I5 and is centered on a shouldered portion 2! of the hub by a disc 22, such disc may be formed integrally with the spindle 20. An internal an-.

nular projection 23 within the hub l5 and intermediate the ends thereof, prevents lateral displacement of a ball bearin assembly 24 between the hub l 5 and the spindle 20. The parts just described are readily assembled by placing the bearing 24 on the spindle 2i) and inserting the spindle from the left hand side of the hub as shown in Figure 2. The ball bearing assembly 25 is then inserted into the hub I5 from the right hand end thereof, being held from lateral displacement in one direction by the projection 23. Displacement of the bearing 25 in the opposite direction is prevented by a nut 26 accommodated on a threaded portion of the spindle 20.

The central bore of the hub I5 is enlarged near the right hand end thereof to accommodate a brake member 21. The brake member 2'! shown in detail and on an enlarged scale in Figures 5 and 6, comprises a thin disc of metal, preferably spring bronze. The brake disc has openings 28 and 29 which together define a circular opening having a cross bar 30 of the material of the disc. The outer end of the spindle 20 is provided with a slot 3! extending diametrically therethrough for a portion of its length, which slot 3| accommodates the cross bar 3|] and permits the brake disc to be slipped onto the spindle.

On its outer periphery the disc 27 bears a plurality of pads 32 of soft material suitable for braking purposes. The pads are supported on spring tabs 33 which are integral with the disc 21, being formed in the following manner. The blank disc from which the member 27 is formed has a plurality of regularly spaced cutout portions 3d extending inwardly for a short distance from the periphery thereof. The disc is cut as at 35 on arcs centered at the center of the disc and extending in both directions from the base of the cutout portion 34 for a distance sufficient to leave a solid portion 36 connecting each pair of tabs 33, so formed, with the central body of disc 21. The tabs 33 are then bent to provide inwardly projecting springs. The pads 32 are thus biased in the direction of a shoulder 31, formed in the hub it, when the brake disc is positioned on the spindle 20.

The enlarged bore at the right hand end of the hub i5 is closed by a dust shield 38 which may be formed to snap into place in a shouldered portion provided at this end of the hub. The dust shield 38 is provided with a central opening 39 of sufficient diameter to accommodate an adjusting nut ll). The adjusting nut 4i! is shown in detail in Figure 9. The adjusting nut 46 comprises a disc 4| knurled on its circumferential edge and having an internally threaded annular boss 42 projecting therefrom. The threaded boss is adapted to be screwed onto the threaded end of the spindle 20 and projecting through an opening 39 in the dust shield 38, contacts the disc 21 to move this disc toward the shoulder 31 thus causing the spring tabs 33 to press the pads 32 against the shoulder 31 with more or less force. An internally threaded opening 43 is provided centrally of the knurled disc M of the adjusting nut to accommodate the threaded stem of a screw 44 adapted to bear on the end of the spindle 20 and lock the adjusting nut in any desired position. The screw 44 is provided with a knurled head to facilitate its adjustment.

In operation, it will be apparent that the device described in the foregoing permits the operator to adjust the braking action to any desired degree. When no pressure is applied to the brake pads 32 the reel may turn freely on the roller bearings 24 and 25. As the adjusting nut 40 is screwed inwardly the rotation of the reel is increasingly retarded. The braking action may be controlled easily by the operator, requiring only his thumb for this purpose.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 10, 11 and 12, the reel may be adjusted to any desired position, that is, to the left side of the pole for a right-handed operator or to the right side of the pole for a left-handed operator. Referring to these figures, the mounting block I9 is provided with a pair of brackets and 52 spaced to accommodate a hub 53. The brackets El and 52 and the hub 53 have registering open- ,ings therethrough, and a pin 54 extends throu h the openings in the bracket 5| and the hub 53. and is threaded into the opening in the bracket 52 to provide a pivot about which the reel spindle, a portion of which is shown at 55. may swing. It will be understood that the outer end of the .spindle 55 is of the same construction as the spindle 2D in the form previously described, and that the reel is constructed and mounted upon the spindle in the same manner. One end of the pin 54 projects above the bracket 5| and is threaded to receive a knurled nut 56. A short pin 5! threaded into a lateral opening in the nut 56 may be used as a lever to tighten the nut. When the nut 55 is loose, the spindle 55 may be swung to any desired angular position relative to the mounted bracket and hence relative to the pole. Preferably the spindle is canted slightly relative to the mounted bracket. When the nut 58 is tight the spindle 55 is locked in the adjusted angular position. In this construction the bracket 5!, in contrast to the bracket I9. is relativelv light and the structure is sufiiciently flexible to permit a binding action by the bracket 5| and the bracket 52 against the hub 53 when these brackets are forced toward each other by tightening the nut 56.

While there have been herein described certain preferred embodiments of the invention other embodiments thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art from a consideration of the form shown and the teachings hereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a fishing reel, a non-rotatable spindle for connection with a fishing rod and having a screw threaded end provided with a transverse slot, a

reel rotatably mounted upon the spindle and provided in one end with a recess forming an annular shoulder surrounding the spindle, the shoulder being arranged near the screw threaded end of the spindle, a brake disc mounted within the recess and provided with a central opening receiving the screw threaded end of the spindle, the brake disc having an integral cross bar extending across the opening of the brake disc for engagement in the transverse slot to prevent the brake disc from rotating relative to the spindle, the brake disc including narrow circumferentially spaced short radial extensions and elongated circumferentially extending resilient tabs secured to the radial extensions and connected with the brake disc through the radial extensions only, said resilient tabs being offset axially from the brake disc toward the annular shoulder and frictionally engaging the shoulder, and an adjusting nut mounted upon the screw threaded end of the spindle outwardly of the brake disc and contacting the same for shifting the brake disc axially of the spindle to vary the pressure of the resilient tabs against the shoulder.

2. In a fishing reel, a non-rotatable spindle having a screw threaded end provided with a transverse slot, a reel spool rotatably mounted upon the spindle and including a hub provided in one end with a recess forming an annular shoulder surrounding the spindle and spaced radially therefrom a substantial distance, a generally fiat brake disc mounted within the recess of the hub and having a central opening receiving the screw threaded end of the spindle and a cross bar extending across the opening and engaging in the slot to prevent rotation of the brake disc relative to the spindle, the inner end of said slot being arranged in substantial lateral alignment with said annular shoulder, the brake disc including a plurality of circumferentially spaced short radial extensions and circularly curved elongated resilient tabs secured to the radial extensions and extending circumferentially upon opposite sides of the extensions for substantial distances, the resilient tabs being spaced radially of the brake disc throughout substantially their entire length and connected with the brake disc through the radial extensions only, the resilient tabs being axially offset with respect to the brake disc in a direction toward said annular shoulder, the resilient tabs frictionally engaging said annular shoulder for controlling the rotation of the reel spool, and an adjusting nut mounted upon the screw threaded end of the spindle and engaging the brake disc for shifting the same axially upon the spindle to vary the tension of the resilient tabs.

JOSEPH FRISK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,385,457 Kiest July 26, 1921 2,196,765 Fries Apr. 9, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 216,776 Great Britain June 5, 1924 848,152 France July 17, 1939 

